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What is the area of triangle PQR rounded to the nearest tenth of a square meter? Drawing is not to scale.

What is the area of triangle PQR rounded to the nearest tenth of a square meter? Drawing-example-1
User Fractalbit
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Answer:

27.0m^2

Explanation:

Use the formula A = 0.5 * a * b * sin (x)

this formula is used for obtuse angles where a & b are the sides (12,7) and x is the angle between them.

Fill in the blanks:

A = 0.5 * 12 * 7 * sin (40)

use demos scientific calculator

A= 26.99

round up

27.0 m^2

User Vipin Bansal
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Answer:

A 31.3

Explanation:

just took the test

User Adardesign
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